Tiny Tim : Tiptoe Through a Lifetime

The first and best biography of the great Troubadour with artwork by Martin Sharp. Throughout his lifetime, Tiny Tim was a repository of recorded music stemming from the early days of vaudeville to the latest chart favourites. But despite all these influences he remained a true original perfecting his performances as an outreach of his personality. True, he had some strange traits, but they did not impede on his enthusiastic kindness to people he loved, to the musicians he accompanied, and to the many listeners he met. In the age of celebrity, he functioned as the complete entertainer. Lowell Tarling has provided Tiny with a living biography and given us a definitive incentive to re-listen to his recording and re-visit his numerous You Tube postings. You get the feeling that somewhere Tiny is standing on his tiptoes, strumming his ukulele, blowing kisses and saying, 'God bless you all!' - Hal Stein, (Tiny's cousin and close friend) April 2013 Table of Contents Table of Illustrations Thanks Foreword Introduction 1. ‘Maybe He’s Musical?’ 2. Larry Love 3. Answer To The Beatles 4. Richard Perry 5. Royal Albert Hall, 30 October 1968 6. Human Canary, Caged 7. Miss Vicki 8. Isadore Fertel & Other Extraordinary Musical Projects 9. 1975-1979 10. World Non-Stop Professional Singing Record 11. Australian Connection 12. Australian Tour August-September 1983 13. Tiger By the Tail 14. In Search of Tiny Tim 15. 1992 Australian Tour 16. Eve of Destruction 17. Miss Sue 18. The Show Must Go On 19. Minneapolis Women’s Club, 30 November 1996 20. Afterword Notes A book that combines an inner view of Tiny Tim, the man and the performer, and also a remarkable range of artistic images